The State of European Integration de Yannis A. Stivachtis

The State of European Integration

Yannis A. Stivachtis

The State of European Integration provides scholars, practitioners, experts and students with a comprehensive account of the state of the European Union today. With contributions from leading scholars including Richard G. Whitman, Meltem MÃ¼ftÃ¼ler-BaÃ§, GÃ¼lnur Aybet, Leila Simona Talani and Gareth Dale, the book examines the EU in a theoretically informed and empirically grounded manner. Opening with an exploration into the nature of the European Union as an international actor, it then assesses the impact of enlargement on institutions, policies and identity. The contributors investigate issues related to the degree of convergence and cohesion among members, and analyze the economic and monetary state of integration. The volume comes at a timely interval when there is a need to understand the present and future of the European Union.

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Recenzii

'...makes a valuable contribution to debates about the current status and future direction of the European Union. It offers detailed accounts of policy and conflicting visions and should be read by all those concerned with what is at stake in the EU's pursuit of an "ever closer union".' Costas M. Constantinou, Keele University, UK ' ... stands out for its substantive breadth, empirical thoroughness and an impressive mix of conceptual and case-study contributions by a group of rising stars. ' Kalypso NicolaÃ¯dis, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK

Cuprins

I: The European Union as an International Actor; 1: The European Union and 2 nd Pillar Integration: The Common Foreign and Security Policy; 2: The European Security and Defence Policy: Capabilities and Institutions; 3: The EU as an International Actor: ‘Civilian', ‘Normative' or ‘Military’ Power?; 4: Presidency as Leadership? Assessing the EU Presidency through the 2005 UK EU Presidency; 5: European Union International Strategy Against Proliferation Threats; II: Enlargement; 6: A Union of Disenchantment: The New Politics of post-Enlargement Europe; 7: Turkey's Accession to the European Union: Dilemmas, Opportunities, and Constraints; 8: Judicialization: The Key to European Unification and EU Expansion; III: Socialization, Democracy and Legitimacy; 9: Democratizing and Socializing Candidate States: The Case of the EU Conditionality; 10: Political Representation in the Central and Eastern European Democracies; 11: Democratization and the Diffusion of Human Rights Norms in Central and Eastern Europe: The Case of Domestic Violence Policies; 12: Modelling Democratic Transition in Southern and Central Europe: Did East Germany Experience ‘Transición' or ‘Ruptura'?; IV: Convergence and Cohesion; 13: Public Support for the EU and the Regional Level Effect; 14: Regional Development in the European Union: Implications for Austria's Viticulture; 15: Towards a Post-Communist Welfare State?; V: Economic and Monetary Issues; 16: The Future of EMU: Towards the Disruption of the European Integration Process?; 17: The Race to the Bottom: Tax Reform and Economic Development in the European Union; 18: Common Misconceptions of Germany and the EMU

Descriere

With contributions from leading scholars including Richard G. Whitman, Meltem MÃ¼ftÃ¼ler-BaÃ§, GÃ¼lnur Aybet, Leila Simona Talani and Gareth Dale, this theoretically informed and empirically grounded volume provides scholars, practitioners, experts and students with a comprehensive account of the state of the European Union today.